Unregistered weapons were allegedly found in the car boot. Photo: NSW Police.
A man has been charged with firearm offences after police allegedly seized five unregistered guns in the Riverina.
At about 10:15 am on Tuesday 3 March, officers attached to Murray River Police District Rural Crime Prevention Team, with assistance from Murray River Police District detectives, executed a search warrant on a rural property in Koraleigh, a tiny town 178 kilometres west of Deniliquin.
Police allegedly located and seized five unregistered firearms, including four rifles and one shotgun, in the boot of a car on the property.
Ammunition was also allegedly seized from a shed.
A 34-year-old man was arrested and taken to Barham Police Station.
He was charged with 14 offences:
- Possessing an unauthorised firearm (five counts)
- Not keeping a firearm safely (five counts)
- Possessing ammunition without holding a licence/permit/authority (three counts)
- Possessing more than three unregistered firearms without a licence/permit (one count).
He was granted conditional bail to appear in Moama Local Court on Friday 15 May.
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